Child&#39;s garment.



F. H. SPRAGUB.

GHILDS GARMENT.

APPLIQATION FILED JAN. 21, 191s.

Patented May 5, 19m

Inventor Frederick H.5prague,

Attg's.

UNITED STATES ParEnT OFFICE.

FREDERICK H. SPRAGUE, OF ORANGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

CHILD S GARMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 5, 1914.

Application filed January 27, 1913. Serial No. 744,321.

- the trousers are attached.

In accordance with my invention I make the waist in two parts which areseparable from each other, to wit: a front part anda rear-part. Thefront part is sewed at its lower end to the front portion of the waistband of the trousers and is thus permanently secured to the trousers.The rear part 'is provided with shoulder straps which pass over theshoulders of the child and button onto the front part, and is alsoprovided with buttons for buttoning it to the rear portion of thetrousers. This construction has the advantage that the rear part of thewaist can be removed when the garmentis to be laundried, thus making thewashing and ironing of the garment very much simpler than if the waistwas in one piece and permanently secured to the trousers.

Referring to the drawings wherein I have illustrated my invention,Figure 1 is a perspective view of the back side of a garment embodyingmy invention; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the back portion of thewaist removed; Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the garment with the backside of the waist removed.

In the drawings, 3 designates the trousers portion of the garment whichis made in usual way with the side openings 4 to provide the rear flap 5which is buttoned to the waist. The waist portion of my improved garmentis made to present the front part 6 and the rear part 7 The front part 6is sewed to the front portion of the trousers 3 and thus is permanentlysecured to the trousers. This front portion of the waist is formed withthe two side extensions 8 at its lower end so that the bottom edge 9 ofsaid front is of a length equal to the distance between the sideopenings 4 of the trousers as measured on the front waist band. Thelower edge of the waist section 6 1s sewed to the trousers 4 by suitablestitching 10. The space above the extensions 8 of the waist provide forthe arms of the wearer.

The rear portion 7 of the waist is provided at its upper end with theshoulder straps 11 which pass over the shoulders of the wearer and arebuttoned to the upper edge of the front 6. I preferably provide eachshoulder strap with a plurality of button holes 12 and the front portion6 is provided with buttons 13 for the buttonholes. Means are providedfor detachably securing the lower corners of the back 7 to theextensions 8 of the waist, and also for detachably connecting the flap 5of the trousers to the back portion 7. I will pref erably accomplishthis by providing the extensions 8 with buttons 15 and by makingcooperating buttonholes 14 in the lower corners of the back 7. The back7 is also provided with buttons 16 which cooperate with buttonholes 17formed in the top of the flap 5. The end buttonholes 18 of the flap areto be buttoned onto the buttons 15 of the waist extension. The back 7 isalso preferably provided with other buttons 19 to which under drawersmay be secured, and the front of the waist has secured to its lower edgea tab 20 carrying a button 21 to which the front of the drawers can befastened.

22 designate tabs which are sewed to the lower end ofthe waist and towhich the hose supporters are connected. By means of this constructionit will be seen that the back portion of the waist can be entirelyremoved and that when this is done the front portion of the waist andthe trousers form a garment which is very easily laundried, for thefront of the waist can be laid flat on the ironing-board and there is nocareful manipulation of the waist required in properly ironing it, as isthe case with the ordinary waist. Further, the back portion 7 of thewaist when removed is a perfectly flat article which presents nodifliculties whatever in laundrying. Y

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is A childs garment comprising a trouserportion and a waist portion, said waist portion being made to presentseparate front and rear sections, the front section having sideextensions 8 at its lower edge and being permanently secured to thefront of the trousers and the back section having shoulder straps whichare buttoned to the front section, means for detachably fastening thelower corners of the back section to the side extensions of the frontsection, and the back of the trousers to the back of the rear section,supporting tabs secured to the lower edge of the front of the waistportion at its juncture with the trouser portion and means on the loweredge of the back of the waist portion for attachment to the nethergarment of the wearer.

In testimony; whereof I have signed my name to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FREDERICK H. SPRAGUE. Witnesses:

Annmn PEARSON, JAMES D. KIMBALL.

